Police lineup

the very beginning of an investigation, eyewitnesses should be separated to avoid contaminating their minds with fallacies.  Also, I think media plays a huge role in sabotaging potential eyewitnesses because of their power of suggestion.  Even the police have been known to use cues

and sexually assaulted her, after that that same man broke into another woman's home and did the same thing. Jennifer says in an interview, "I was just trying to pay attention to detail, so that if I survived... I'd be able to help the police catch him." The police didn’t have much to go on to catch the assailant, therefore evidence was largely based on Thompsons eyewitness testimony. A flashlight found in Cottons

What Identification Procedure did the police use for getting the identification by Mr. Stevens of Brenton Butler as the perpetrator? The police used the showups procedure in the identification of Brenton by Mr. Stevens. A showup is when an officer brings a suspect to a face-to-face meeting with the eyewitness to the crime. The showup procedure would typically be used right after a crime has been committed. The officers placed Brenton into the police car and transferred him over to the location

Detectives then showed Murray a photo lineup of six photographs. When Murray saw Cole's phot she was immediately sure that he was her attacker, saying: “That's him.” The following day, when the police conducted an in-person lineup with Cole and four prisoners, Murray identified Cole once again. He was arrested and charged with the sexual assault of Murray. In court, Murray identified Cole as the perpetrator. A forensic examiner from the Texas Department of Public Safety testified that he had examined

Getting Away With Murder Due to Violations Christy Bourke-Sturrup Criminal Evidence and Procedures Professor M. Noe January 5, 2015 Abstract Getting Away With Murder Due to Violations Have you ever heard the phrase, “make sure your ducks are in a row”? Often there are times in the criminal justice system when there are ducks missing or have been knocked over for whatever reason. Outcomes are never good when those ducks are not in order. If someone commits a crime then of course they deserve

I worked as a municipal police officer for many years. I have been to countless scenes and made thousands of arrests over my career. Several of these arrests were crimes that included an eyewitness. Policy dictated the if there was ever a witness to a scene, to require that witness to fill out a voluntary statement form about what they saw. There have been several incidents where I was very grateful that the witnesses had filled out a statement. I remember an attempted burglary scene where witnesses

Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Facts: Ernesto Miranda was charged for rape and kidnapping and was identified by the victim during a police lineup. He was later interrogated in police custody without being informed his fifth and sixth amendment rights. As a result, he did not have an attorney present with him and did not know of self-incrimination. Issues: “Does interrogation without informing the accused of their right to counsel and protection against self-incrimination violate his/her Fifth and Sixth

took place in a parking lot in St. Louis, Missouri. Antonio Beaver was a man who believed in himself and didn’t stop at nothing to prove his innocence. He was wrongfully accused of committing the crime because of the vague description given to the police by the victim. To explain the crime, the criminal involved in the crime tricked the woman into getting in her car by impersonating a parking attendant. He stole the woman’s purse and car keys and drove off with the woman’s vehicle. During the carjacking

community needs to believe that he or she can trust police officers. When people believe that he or she is being treated fairly he or she is more likely not to cooperate. The police need the help of the community and the community needs the police to protect him or her. The community and the police need to support each other and learn to develop a positive rapport. In many communities the police are thought of as the enemy. This needs to change for the police officer and other law enforcement agencies to

sexually assaulted at gunpoint. After the incident, the victim called the police and gave a detailed description of the assailant. She told them that he weighed about 145 pounds and was about 5’6 tall. A week passed by and the victim was called to identify the assailant out of the photo lineup she chose Bennett’s photo, and then she chose him again from the live lineups. The next day